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The aspect ratio of LaTeX Beamer presentations can be controlled via the `aspectratio` variable. E.g., to switch from the default 4:3 ratio of slides to the 16:9 HD format:

pandoc --to=beamer --variable=aspectratio:169 …

#pandoc #TeXLaTeX #Beamer #slides

pandoc

@pandoc@fosstodon.org · yesterday

The aspect ratio of LaTeX Beamer presentations can be controlled via the `aspectratio` variable. E.g., to switch from the default 4:3 ratio of slides to the 16:9 HD format:

pandoc --to=beamer --variable=aspectratio:169 …

#pandoc #TeXLaTeX #Beamer #slides

Lukas C. Bossert

@lukascbossert@mastodon.social · 6 days ago

The meta poster frames the concept: clarity + openness → resilience. It traces the lineage from Knuth’s Literate Programming to Org-mode and NFDI practice, and introduces the ROOT badge as a compact signal for robust, open, ongoing, time-tested tools. It also spotlights resilient stalwarts often hiding in plain sight—find, LaTeX, perl, rsync, SQLite—showing why they remain reliable RDM building blocks.
#ResilientTech #LiterateProgramming #OrgMode #RDM #NFDI #FAIR https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17157588

Zenodo

Resilient Technologies. Why Decades-Old Tools Define the ROOT of Modern Research Data Management

Research data management (RDM) today is characterized by a multitude of new platforms and specialized software solutions. These innovations are undoubtedly important, but they also involve risks: short life cycles, proprietary dependencies, and limited sustainability. In contrast, there are tools that have existed for decades and have proven to be remarkably resilient. These “resilient technologies” are distinguished by longevity, openness, interoperability, and the support of active communities. Examples include Emacs (established in 1976 as a highly customizable editor), awk (1977) for efficient text and data processing, sed and grep (indispensable in pattern recognition and transformation since the 1970s), as well as perl (1987) as a flexible scripting language for data pipelines. In the field of documentation, LaTeX (1984) stands for sustainable, reproducible, and platform-independent text processing. For the automation of complex workflows, make (1976) has proven its worth, while rsync (1996) remains unrivaled as a robust tool for data backup and transfer to this day. This is complemented by curl (1997), which has enabled stable and universal data transfer over the internet for decades. This three-poster series argues that decades-old, community-maintained tools form the ROOT of sustainable research data management—Robust, Open, Ongoing, Time-tested. The Concept/Meta poster motivates the idea of “resilient technologies,” tracing its lineage from literate programming and the Unix philosophy to contemporary RDM/NFDI practice. It introduces the ROOT badge as a compact signal for tools that are transparent, composable, well-documented, and maintained across years. The Main poster translates the concept into practice by mapping resilient tools (e.g., Emacs/Org-babel, Make, curl/sed/awk/grep/diff, cron, tar/rsync, SQLite, LaTeX, find) onto the research data life cycle (planning, production, analysis, archiving, access, re-use). It highlights simple, inspectable patterns—small steps that chain together into pipelines you can audit, version, and rebuild long after fashions and GUIs change. The Source poster closes the loop by disclosing the full build of the posters themselves: a reproducible, text-first publication that can be re-generated from a single source using the very tools it advocates. Together, the trilogy provides a coherent “why–what–how”: a rationale for resilience, a concrete mapping to RDM tasks, and an executable artifact that embodies the approach. The intended outcome is pragmatic: lower maintenance burden, higher reproducibility, and infrastructures that improve with age.

Meta poster defining ‘resilient technologies’, showing the ROOT badge, citing lineage, and listing further long-lived tools with RDM relevance.

Lukas C. Bossert

@lukascbossert@mastodon.social replied · 6 days ago

The source poster shows the guts: Emacs/Org-babel + LaTeX; noweb tangling; minted listings; multi-column layout. The complete source code! The poster is both publication and working research object. Example flow: query Zenodo via curl, download dataset, compute checksum, compare, then proceed with scripted transforms—transparent steps you can re-run. Everything is fully specified, so you can regenerate all of it from source. #Emacs #OrgBabel #TeXLaTeX #orgmode
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17157588

Zenodo

Resilient Technologies. Why Decades-Old Tools Define the ROOT of Modern Research Data Management

Source poster: code-centric layout showing Org/LaTeX machinery (preamble, noweb blocks, listings, lifecycle figure) demonstrating full reproducibility from a single source.

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TeX Users Group

@TeXUsersGroup@techhub.social · 4 weeks ago

From #CTAN:

Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the babel package.

Version: 25.13 2025-10-01
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Multilingual support for LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and Plain TeX

https://latex3.github.io/babel/news/whats-new-in-babel-25.13.html

https://ctan.org/pkg/babel

#TeXLaTeX 🇺🇳

CTAN: Package babel

babel

What’s new in babel 25.13

The multilingual framework to localize LaTeX, LuaLaTeX and XeLaTeX

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TeX Users Group

@TeXUsersGroup@techhub.social · 4 weeks ago

From #CTAN:

Karl Berry submitted an update to the bibtex package.

Version: 0.99e
License: knuth

Summary description: Process bibliographies (bib files) for LaTeX or other formats

https://ctan.org/pkg/bibtex

#TeXLaTeX 📚

CTAN: Package bibtex

TeX Users Group

@TeXUsersGroup@techhub.social · 4 weeks ago

From #CTAN:

Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the babel package.

Version: 25.13 2025-10-01
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Multilingual support for LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and Plain TeX

https://latex3.github.io/babel/news/whats-new-in-babel-25.13.html

https://ctan.org/pkg/babel

#TeXLaTeX 🇺🇳

CTAN: Package babel

babel

What’s new in babel 25.13

The multilingual framework to localize LaTeX, LuaLaTeX and XeLaTeX

TeX Users Group

@TeXUsersGroup@techhub.social · 4 weeks ago

From #CTAN:

Karl Berry submitted an update to the bibtex package.

Version: 0.99e
License: knuth

Summary description: Process bibliographies (bib files) for LaTeX or other formats

https://ctan.org/pkg/bibtex

#TeXLaTeX 📚

CTAN: Package bibtex

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TeX Users Group

@TeXUsersGroup@techhub.social · 2 months ago

From #CTAN:

Bob Tennent submitted an update to the MusiXTeX package.

Version: 1.39 2025-09-09
License: gpl2+

Summary description: Sophisticated music typesetting

https://ctan.org/pkg/musixtex

#TeXLaTeX 🎼

TeX Users Group

@TeXUsersGroup@techhub.social · 2 months ago

From #CTAN:

Bob Tennent submitted an update to the MusiXTeX package.

Version: 1.39 2025-09-09
License: gpl2+

Summary description: Sophisticated music typesetting

https://ctan.org/pkg/musixtex

#TeXLaTeX 🎼

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TeX Users Group

@TeXUsersGroup@techhub.social · 2 months ago

From #CTAN:

Daniel Flipo submitted an update to the LeteSansMath package.

Version number: 0.50 2025-08-30
License type: ofl lppl1.3c

Summary description: Lato-based OpenType Math font for LuaTeX and XeTeX

https://www.ctan.org/pkg/lete-sans-math

#TeXLaTeX #fonts

TeX Users Group

@TeXUsersGroup@techhub.social · 2 months ago

From #CTAN:

Daniel Flipo submitted an update to the LeteSansMath package.

Version number: 0.50 2025-08-30
License type: ofl lppl1.3c

Summary description: Lato-based OpenType Math font for LuaTeX and XeTeX

https://www.ctan.org/pkg/lete-sans-math

#TeXLaTeX #fonts

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Hans

@SherlockHans@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Ich habe @blinrys großartigen Passierschein A38 mit #TeXLaTeX adaptiert, um möglichst offiziell auszusehen. Dafür habe ich mir furchtlos mehrere Briefe von Finanzämtern und der GEZ angeschaut.

https://github.com/Kamik423/passierschein-a38

CC BY-SA 4.0

Rückseite des Formulars. Hauptinhalt: „Diese Seite wurde unabsichtlich freigelassen“

Offiziell aussehendes Antragsformular für den Passierschein A38. Mit absurd wirkenden Feldern wie „Laufende Nummer (bitte schätzen)“ oder „Was ist Ihrer Ansicht nach die ideale Anzahl von Schafen“.

Hans

@SherlockHans@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Ich habe @blinrys großartigen Passierschein A38 mit #TeXLaTeX adaptiert, um möglichst offiziell auszusehen. Dafür habe ich mir furchtlos mehrere Briefe von Finanzämtern und der GEZ angeschaut.

https://github.com/Kamik423/passierschein-a38

CC BY-SA 4.0

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pandoc

@pandoc@fosstodon.org · 4 months ago

"Moloch" is a clean, simple, and freshly modernized LaTeX beamer theme. It's the successor of the popular "Metropolis" theme, brought up to current standards by @jolars and @samcarter.

Usage with pandoc:

pandoc --to=beamer --variable=theme:moloch …

Blog post: https://jolars.co/blog/2024-05-30-moloch/

#pandoc #TeXLaTeX #beamer #moloch

pandoc

@pandoc@fosstodon.org · 4 months ago

"Moloch" is a clean, simple, and freshly modernized LaTeX beamer theme. It's the successor of the popular "Metropolis" theme, brought up to current standards by @jolars and @samcarter.

Usage with pandoc:

pandoc --to=beamer --variable=theme:moloch …

Blog post: https://jolars.co/blog/2024-05-30-moloch/

#pandoc #TeXLaTeX #beamer #moloch

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Guy

@phlogiston@mastodon.nz · 4 months ago

A #TexLaTeX package I have very fond memories of using in the past.

https://ctan.org/pkg/coffeestains

The page of a LaTeX typeset document page, documenting the 'Coffee Stains' LaTeX package. The page in itself is featuring a virtual coffee stain overlaying some of the text. The stain is a brown semi circle of approx. 270 degrees, resembling that of a cup with a spill placed on a DIN A4 page.

Guy

@phlogiston@mastodon.nz · 4 months ago

A #TexLaTeX package I have very fond memories of using in the past.

https://ctan.org/pkg/coffeestains